"A Donald Duck Cartoon"

Alternate Titles

"Donald pilote d'essai" - France

"Donald, der Bruchpilot" - Germany

Release Date June 8, 1951

Synopsis

Dale dreams of flying and finds a perfect opportunity when Donald's remote control airplane gets stuck in their tree.

Characters

Donald Duck

Chip 'n' Dale

Credits

Director : Jack Hannah

Animation

Volus Jones

Bob Carlson

Bill Justice

Hal King

Effects Animation : Jack Boyd

Story

Bill Berg

Nick George

Music : Paul Smith

Layout : Yale Gracey

Background : Ralph Hullett

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 11 : The Continuing Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale featuring Donald Duck

Germany

Donald Duck Geht in die Luft

DVD

United Kingdom

Walt Disney's Laugh Factory with Donald

France

Walt Disney's Rigolons avec Donald

Germany

Walt Disney's Donald's Spassfabrik

Television

Walt Disney Presents : "Your Host, Donald Duck" (shown in black and white)

The Ink and Paint Club : #48 : The Return of Chip 'n' Dale

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 20

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Baruch Weiss : This short would have been better being titled "The Chipmunk Who Could Fly" since Dale is shown imitating an airplane and getting behind the wheel! Chip however, would much rather collect nuts instead of going off and tormenting Donald. I enjoyed the final scene where Doanld is shown spinning on his airplane and Dale is fascinated this. However, Chip isn't and looks at the audience in disgust!

From Christian : I really enjoy the part from this short where Donald says, "My plane! It's busted!" It's one of my favorite quotes from Donald.

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